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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008

Filed:

May. 10, 2002
Applicants:

Hideyuki Matsuda, Shimane, JP;

Makoto Kawamukai, Shimane, JP;

Kazuyoshi Yajima, Hyogo, JP;

Inventors:

Hideyuki Matsuda, Shimane, JP;

Makoto Kawamukai, Shimane, JP;

Kazuyoshi Yajima, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:

Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/66 (2006.01); C12N 15/12 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a method of producing a long-chain prenyl diphosphate synthase (in particular decaprenyl diphosphate synthase and solanesyl diphosphate synthase) using a gene and a protein which are required for enabling or enhancing the activity expression of a eukaryote-derived long-chain prenyl diphosphate synthase as well as a method of efficiently producing a coenzyme Q having a long-chain isoprenoid in its side chain (in particular coenzyme Qor coenzyme Q) using a microorganism. The present invention relates to a DNA having a base sequence shown under SEQ ID NO:1, 3 or 5 and a DNA sequence derived from the above base sequence by deletion, addition, insertion and/or substitution of one to several bases thereof, and coding for a protein enabling (functioning) or enhancing the activity expression of a eukaryote-derived long-chain prenyl diphosphate synthase in a host microorganism.


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